Subject: Re: bootstrapping 425t problems
To: Herb Peyerl <hpeyerl@beer.org>
From: Scott Reynolds <scottr@Plexus.COM>
List: port-hp300
Date: 10/04/1996 11:25:59
On Fri, 4 Oct 1996, Herb Peyerl wrote:
> bert@xpilot.org wrote:
> > A 425t which I want to boot via the Ethernet doesn't seem to send the
> > correct boot requests. Here's the "tcpdump ether host 08:00:09:17:0e:99":
> >
> > 04:33:10.763459 8:0:9:17:e:99 > 9:0:9:0:0:4 sap f8 ui/C len=43
> > 0000 0006 0806 0901 0000 0000 00ff ff00
> > 0248 5053 3330 3020 2020 2020 2020 2020
> > 2020 2020 2000 00ee ee11 11
>
> At first glance, those look like Apollo boot requests. ie: "netman" of
> Domain/OS fame. I'm not sure though. Is the machine in Domain mode?
Actually, the ... bytes 3-6 of the packet tell me that this is indeed
rboot requests. I don't know how to configure rbootd on anything other
than a NetBSD machine, however; is it necessary to add the MAC address of
the 425t to an rbootd configuration file? (It is with the NetBSD rbootd.)
--scott